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✨Endorsed Midwife & Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) providing holistic, inclusive, compassionate & evidence-based care 🫶

📍WA Country Health Service ~ Telehealth

08/11/2025

What a wonderful and very moving, final speech by ACM Chief Midwife, Alison Weatherstone at the ACM WA State Conference 2025 yesterday 💞

I’m so incredibly excited for the women, babies and families across WA Country and all of us working in maternity teams across WACHS WA Country Health Service, that we are soon to be led by such an inspiring midwifery leader 👏🥳🙏🏼🌟

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Today, as we honour the final conference appearance of Alison Weatherstone, Chief Midwife of ACM today, we pause not just to say farewell, but to acknowledge and celebrate a legacy of leadership, courage, vision and compassion.

During her time as Chief Midwife, Alison has been a driving force in strengthening and elevating midwifery across Australia. She has led with clarity, purpose and heart, guiding the College through periods of growth, advocacy and reform with an unwavering commitment to the profession and to the women and families.

As Alison departs the College to return to Western Australia to take up the role of Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery at WACHS, we celebrate not only her achievements, but the spirit of leadership she embodies, one defined by generosity, authenticity and steadfast belief in the power of midwifery.

Her final presentation at the WA State Conference was met with a standing ovation, a fitting tribute to a leader whose legacy will continue to guide and inspire the College for years to come.

Thank you, Alison, for your exceptional leadership, your unwavering advocacy, and your remarkable contribution to ACM and to the profession of midwifery in Australia. 💜

26/09/2025

Sharing these Australian Breastfeeding Association breastfeeding resources that may be helpful for WA Aboriginal women and families 💜

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Did you know ABA has breastfeeding resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families?

The ABA acknowledges the traditional custodians of the Lands known as Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who have breastfed their babies on Country for more than 60,000 years, and the partners, families, and communities who support them.

https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/resources/breastfeeding-resources-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-families

10/09/2025

Book now for Clinic appointments in Perth or Telehealth appointments for anywhere in Australia available from next week 🩷

https://beststartlactation.com/book/

Best Start Lactation Consultancy

08/09/2025

Loved my 1st day working with the WACHS (Western Australia Country Health Service) Telehealth LC team offering breastfeeding support across WA Country 💜

This is such an incredible service which is part of an innovative group of virtual Telehealth services available to patients living regionally, rurally and remote across the vast 2.55million square kilometres of WA Country and hopes to meet the varying needs of the diverse population closer to where they live 💜

Clinicians can refer their patients for an appointment (or patients can self-refer), with no charge if they have Medicare, as long as they live outside of the Perth Metro area and their baby is under 6weeks and 6days old. 👏

WA Country Health Service

06/08/2025

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It’s World Breastfeeding Week. I’ve shared this post five years in a row now as it remains relevant. One year I hope I won’t have to. I’ll become a cat or running shoe researcher instead.

This week was designed to protect and support breastfeeding. To highlight why we need to invest in mothers, families, babies and the future. Yet for many, this week just makes them want to shout and throw things because breastfeeding certainly isn’t something to celebrate for them.

For far too many, any mention of breastfeeding reminds them of pain, anxiety & a lack of support. It reminds them of their determination to do what had been promised as simple, enjoyable and the ‘right’ way to feed their baby. Determination which slowly turned to desperation when it didn’t work for them.

It reminds mothers of the heartbreak they felt as they stopped breastfeeding before they were ready – it wasn’t just about the promised health benefits but the feeling that their body wasn’t doing what it was meant to do, and the fact they just really wanted to do it.

But this pain is the reason we continue. This week is not about telling everyone they should breastfeed... but more about insisting that those with power step up and actually do something about investing in making a better future for the next generation.

At the moment, rather than protecting breastfeeding, the government doesn’t invest properly in the services, support & expertise that would actually enable breastfeeding – despite reports finding it could save the NHS money.

Instead, cuts to services take away volunteer groups and funding of breastfeeding specialists. What should be an easily fixable issue can turn turned into months of physical pain - and a lifetime of continued emotional pain.

The simple truth is that we set women up to fail. Most breastfeeding problems are created by a society that is not breastfeeding friendly: the actions of others are responsible for poor breastfeeding rates & trauma.

This week is about recognising that hurt and calling for change. I wish we didn’t have to have it. I certainly wish that not so many women and families were hurt by it.

02/08/2025

I know there are lots of mixed emotions during World Breastfeeding Week 🥰😢❤️‍🩹

Please be really proud of yourself, however your breastfeeding journey looks/looked like, including if you needed to stop sooner than you wished. You are an amazing mum and just perfect for your little one 🫶

👍 This is why this week is so important (even though I know it can be triggering for many mums): to raise awareness to improve support, information, funding, research, staffing, parental leave, services….. the list goes on!

We must keep driving change, for every mum, baby, parent, family and community across the world 🌎

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Mum, this is a reminder to be proud of yourself, even if your breastfeeding journey wasn’t as long as you wanted it to be.

Breastfeeding is just one part of being a loving mum. You and your baby can still enjoy lots of cuddles and closeness knowing that you have given them a great start to life that breastfeeding provides.

02/08/2025

📣 Announcement

Big news to share with you all!

I’m relocating to Perth at the end of August and so my books at are now closed for new patients. I have 2 weeks left consulting to see existing patients for reviews (w/c: 4/8 & w/c 18/8).

Lots of mixed emotions leaving QLD especially the beautiful families that have trusted me to care and support them through their feeding journeys as well as the wonderful colleagues I’ve had the pleasure to work with including the amazing team at Growlife. But I’m excited for new adventures ahead ☀️

01/08/2025

Join myself and Kay this Thursday 7th August at Parents Groups as we discuss World Breastfeeding Week 2025 including this years theme: ‘Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems’ and answering any of your feeding-related questions 🫶

This will be my last year attending the Growlife Parents Groups, so come along and help us celebrate WBW and the importance of this global campaign and say goodbye as I’ll be relocating to Perth in a few weeks time (I’ll share a seperate post with further details) 🙏🏼

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Supporting you through your feeding journey: 📌Join us on August 7th for an informative session at our Growlife Parents Group.

In honour of World Breastfeeding Week 2025 (Aug 1-7), Growlife Endorsed Midwife and Lactation Consultant Sam Foster will be visiting our Sherwood and Highgate Hill Parents’ Groups on Thursday, August 7th, to discuss anything feeding-related and answer your questions.

She will join our experienced Baby Nurse, Breastfeeding Counsellor and Parents’ Group Facilitator Kay Whitby.

We understand that some mothers may find this week difficult as they grieve not reaching their breastfeeding goals, so please know all mothers are welcome, no matter how you feed your babies.

You can find more details about our free weekly parent groups here and request to join the dedicated pages where information and communications regarding the sessions are shared. Or you can call our reception on: (07) 3036 4081 for details.

We hope to see you there!

29/07/2025

Wonderful advice from a wonderful Brisbane-based Midwife/IBCLC colleague, Julie-Anne Harrison, who offers feeding support in the comfort of your home🌟🤱🌟

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When feeding has been painful, it is normal for a mum to hesitate, just prior to attaching her baby. 😢

This is your body’s physiological reaction to a perceived threat. 💯

A cascade of stress hormones are released.

You may feel your heart and breathing rates quicken and your muscles become tense. 😮

This ‘fight-or-flight’ response may cause you to pull away a little from your baby, just as they are about to attach. So very understandable!!💯

It can actually help to try and override this very normal response. 😮

A baby who is calm, is well supported against your body, who feels secure, and has full frontal body contact, with their chin in close contact with your breast, will be able to attach as deeply as possible, but they need to remain very close as they attach.

As your baby is opening their mouth, snuggle them in even closer to your body, avoiding any pressure behind their head when doing so.

When you hesitate or move your breast even a little further away at the last moment, it almost guarantees attachment will be shallow and painful. 😢

I have worked with mothers who have had damaged ni***es and wanted to continue to feed, achieve deep and pain-free attachment using this approach.

Thanks for teaching me about the ‘fear response’ many years ago Dr Virginia Thorley. 😊

I’d love to support you with breastfeeding your baby. There’s a link to my website in my bio.

22/07/2025

Establishing milk supply in the 1st few days… what’s the evidence if you need to express? Great info by the awesome 🙌

Keen to learn more? See a link in my bio to find details of her brilliant online breastfeeding courses ⭐️

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💬 “Wait 48 hours before pumping”? Or “Only use a pump once your expressing 5ml of colostrum“

Says who?

This idea is everywhere — but it’s not grounded in evidence.

If a baby can’t breastfeed effectively in the first few hours or days, waiting to use a pump might delay critical prolactin surges — and that can impact future milk supply.

Here’s what the research does support:

🟣 Hand expression helps oxytocin and is perfect for extracting sticky colostrum
🟣 Pumping adds in vacuum stimulation — vital for prolactin - why? Babies use vacuum when they suckle.
🟣 Together they switch on the milk-making machinery if baby can’t do it …yet

Can we finally stop following policies based on tradition, not physiology?!

✨ This is the kind of guidance that makes all the difference — and it’s exactly what I’ve been teaching for years, and I’ve put in my 🌟 Milk Making Confidence Kit. 🌟

🌟 Comment KIT below and I’ll send it to you.

👇 Have you heard this “48-hour” rule? Did anyone ever explain the difference between compression and vacuum?

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